the brainstem to audio waves. he's the first child in the u.s. to receive an auditory brainstem implant and as you can see, it worked. his parents are thrilled and tell cnn grayson loves music. the family of a 7-year-old georgia boy could not afford costly new hearing implants for him. then a viewer saw their story right here on cnn and he made it his mission to help. cnn's george howell tells us more. >> when your teacher turns away from the class and turns to the board, can you hear her? >> no. >> why? >> because when i don't have my hearing aid on and somebody is t turned away from me, i don't know what they're saying. >> how does that make you feel? >> sad. >> when talking to 7-year-old hayden mckenzie, you have got to speak up. >> so i can hear. >> reporter: hayden has one used

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